| Last month our kids brought home a stray dog | | | | if he had had a chew on the wood. Nowhere in |
| who "followed them home". After a lot of tears | | | | these free plans were there any warnings about |
| and pleading, my wife finally agreed to let him live | | | | that! It would have been me in the doghouse I |
| in the backyard. There was no way she would let | | | | wasted a lot of time and trouble looking at these |
| him in the house. So I found myself looking on the | | | | plans. |
| internet for free dog kennel plans. I really didn't | | | | The professionally designed dog kennel plans were |
| think it would be a great idea to go spend a lot of | | | | a different story, thankfully. For a very small price |
| money on a prebuilt one and I'm a do it yourself | | | | I had access to the expertise of a guy who has |
| sort of guy. They couldn't be that hard to build | | | | successfully designed dog kennel after dog kennel. |
| could they? To cut a long story short I got what | | | | They came with step by step instructions, cut |
| I payed for with the free dog kennel plans I | | | | charts, 3D illustrations of the finished product. One |
| downloaded. There were no dimensions and "the | | | | of the best things was the material list. I took the |
| directions" just said. | | | | list to various suppliers and got a great deal on |
| "To determine the size of the doghouse, first | | | | the lumber and I knew up front what it was all |
| assess the dog's size, and decide how much | | | | going to cost. I'll tell you now that the time and |
| space he or she will need." I couldn't even make | | | | trouble I saved by having the professionally |
| out the illustrations from chicken scratch. Just as | | | | designed blueprints was worth the small cost but |
| well too that the neighbour looked over the fence | | | | seeing the kids with their new pet and knowing |
| to tell me not to use pressure treated lumber or | | | | that "Snoopy " is being properly cared for is |
| our new found friend would have poisoned himself | | | | priceless! |